Professor Samantha Pinto discusses her book, Infamous Bodies Early Black Women’s Celebrity and the Afterlives of Rights. Using the idea of “vulnerability” as a touchstone […]
White Supremacist Constitution with Ruth Colker
Professor Ruth Colker discusses her 2022 Utah Law Review article, “The White Supremacist Constitution.” The United States Constitution is a document that, during every era, […]
Problems in Police Training with Jessica Katzenstein
Unpacking Our History Lecture: Problems in Police Training with Jessica Katzenstein Police reform advocates often push police departments to move from fear-laden “warrior” survival trainings […]
White Democracy: Democrats become Republicans with Jason Ward
Professor Jason Morgan Ward discusses his book Defending White Democracy: The Making of a Segregationist Movement and the Remaking of Racial Politics, 1936-1965. Starting in […]
Yellow Fever and New Orleans with Kathryn Olivarius
Professor Kathryn Olivarius discusses her book, Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom. Professor Olivarius uses yellow fever to frame how wealth, class, […]
Colonialism: Religion, Class, Race with Gerald Horne
Professor Gerald Horne discusses his book, The Dawning of the Apocalypse: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century. Prof. Horne […]
Smashing Monuments with Erin Thompson
Professor Erin Thompson discusses her book, “Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America’s Public Monuments.” Prof. Thompson explains the role of Confederate monuments, what […]
Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution with James Oakes
James Oakes is a Distinguished Professor of History and Graduate School Humanities Professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He […]
Violent Extremists of Jan. 6th with Jacob Glick
Jacob Glick, Policy Counsel at the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown University Law Center, served as Investigative Counsel, Select Committee to Investigate […]